A Content Management System is a system that is responsible to manage the content of the website. Its main function is to publish, edit and modify content. This content is further organized and deleted from a central interface. The .net framework provides a life cycle for the system that mainly consists of three elements: Content Management Application that handles the creation, acquisition, maintenance and requirement of all content components for the web site, Metacontent Management Application that handles the maintenance of metacontent which indicates how the content components are displayed and the Content Delivery Application that handles the actual display of the content components. A CMS can be associated as a switchboard operator of a web site. If built on top of the .net framework, it uses the security provided by this framework and many other benefits. There are many advantages of using ASP.net CMS and some of them have been mentioned below.
1. Control and Consistency
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There are web site standards present in ASP.net based CMS regarding fonts, styles and layouts. The content is entered in the CMS without any formatting. It is the job of the CMS to format and display the content components. This makes the look of the content consistent over all the pages of the web site. There are measures available to change the standard format to give a more personalized look. But the beginners in the technical field usually prefer this stable and standard format.
2. Global Web Site Update Access
There are many CMSs available that provide the capability to access the editorial functionality from anywhere around the globe provided that there is an internet connection. This enables the editorial staff to work remotely from anywhere they want, even from home. This alone can be a major cost savings for the web site operators as they don’t have to provide a work space for the employees.
3. No Prior Technical Knowledge is Required
The job of the content author is made easier by Content Management Systems as there is no necessity to have a technical knowledge. They can fully focus on writing the content and leave all other things to the developers and designers. The interface is easy enough to understand for the content authors. They can create, edit and publish the content using the simple procedure without any help from the professionals. But having a little knowledge does not harm anything.
4. Multiple Concurrent Users
Content Management Systems are client-server based. This means that they allow multiple clients to access the server all at the same time. Many people can work at the web site concurrently doing their own functions without worrying about someone else messing up or interfering with his activities. Most of the times the users are not even aware that there are other users that are working on the CMS simultaneously.
5. Content Component Reuse
The content components are archived in a CMS in case they can be reused later on. This components can be used for research and other things. For example, images can be reused without any changes in a different story. The same story can also be used for research purpose later on. This also attracts visitors towards the web site.
All these benefits obtained from ASP.net based CMSs provide great advantages to web site operators and also to businesses and organizations. The simple and flexible interface of the CMS is easy enough to understand by a novice and is extendible enough for the professionals.
